Twitter Tips & Tricks
June 5, 2009
Twitter.com
Sign in to Twitter and try the following commands in “What are you doing” box, just type any of the commands below then space then username where it applies, click update and watch
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| STATS | Returns the number of followers / following |
| FOLLOW username | Following a user - receiving all his/her updates |
| LEAVE username | You will stop getting update from a specific user but he/she will stay on your friends' list |
| DELETE username | That will remove the user from your friends' list |
| WHOIS username | returns some info about that user |
| INVITE phone# | Will send an SMS invitation to a phone number. write a full 10 digits phone number with no spaces or char |
| INVITE email address | Will send an invitation to an email address |
| D username Message | D followed by a username then by a message of your choice will send a direct message to that person. Note that the user should be following you if you want to use this command |
| TRACK word | It's like subscribing to all tweets containing that word regardless who poted it. i.e you don't need to be following that user to get updates with the word you tracked |
| UNTRACK word | You will stop receiving updates about the word you're tracking |
| UNTRACK ALL | Removes all the list of tracked words |
| TRACK | Will return a list of all tracked words |
| OFF | This command turns off all your messages. If you send another OFF, it will turn the Direct Messages OFF too |
| ON | Turns the Messages ON again |
